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- Application of molecular gastronomy principles to the development of aPublication . Guiné, Raquel; Dias, Ana; Peixoto, Ana; Gonzaga, Marta; Silva, MargaridaThe molecular gastronomy is a science that is increasingly expanding, allowing the transformation of traditional food products into innovative products, thereby raising their sensory characteristics, appreciated by the population. In this way, the present work was developed having in mind the creation of an innovative product, the powdered olive oil. For that, different variations were created: natural, with oregano, with parsley, with garlic, with paprika and with natural red coloring. The product was then presented to the public, and a market study was conducted to identify if the product would be bought by the potential consumers. The respondents admitted to have intention of buying the product, especially in the fl avored form, more than 70% of the inquired, thus allowing to see this as a positive signal for the acceptance of the product by the consumers. Having in mind that the launching of a new product has some risks, a SWOT analysis was performed and some threats were identi fi ed, namely the economic situation and the price.
- Convective drying of onion: Kinetics and nutritional evaluation.Publication . Mota, C; Luciano, Cláudia; Dias, Ana; Barroca, Maria João; Guiné, RaquelThe present work aimed, on one hand, to study of the drying of onions in terms of drying kinetics, which was evaluated at 30ºC, 50ºC and 60 ºC. The experimental data was fitted to different empirical kinetic models from literature, and this kinetic study was then complemented with the modelling if terms of Fick’s diffusion equation, for estimation of the diffusion coefficients. On the other hand, the chemical characterization in fresh and after drying at different temperatures (varying from 30 to 70 ºC) was analysed, to evaluate the effect of drying and drying temperature on the chemical composition of the product. In this way, the analyses made were: moisture content, sugar content, crude protein, ash, fat, crude fibre, acidity and vitamin C. From the results obtained it was verified that some chemical components of the onions are not affected by drying (ash, fat, protein, fibre) whereas some others are considerably influenced by drying (sugars, acidity and vitamin C). The present work allowed to conclude that the three empirical models tested (Newton, modified Page and Logarithmic) all describe relatively well the dehydration kinetics at the three temperatures analysed. Moreover, from the experimental data was possible to estimate the diffusivities, which range between 3.33x10-09 m2/s at 30ºC and 8.55x10-09 m2/s at 60ºC.